The diarrhoea continued on Monday 3 July. Otherwise I felt fine. I took bus 19 to class. We had John Gilhooly's lectures. After class I went to collect my tickets to the RPO at Cadogan Hall, then went home. Dinner was at Itsu.
Sunday 2 July was a full day of rest and diarrhoea. I managed to do the laundry. Not much else. Dinner was at Yipin where I wrongly ordered a nasty plate of cold spinach in peanut butter.
Late on Friday night I followed up in double quick time on my conversation with the lady at the opera. She had told me about Shakespeare being performed at Stamford at an open air theatre in the summer. That same night I booked a ticket to watch Macbeth at Stamford. At the same time I booked a ticket to the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for next Tuesday.
On Saturday morning I woke up feeling very tired but I left nonetheless for Kings Cross and then for Stamford, without any breakfast. There was a change of trains at Peterborough. Stamford was most pretty. I inquired first thing about the play at the Arts Centre and was told that the play would be at Tolethorpe Hall, a five minute drive away. Oh boy. One lady said it was a half hour walk away, while another guy said it was not walkable. Well I grabbed a sandwich from Tesco and walked anyway. It took an hour. The first part of the walk was suburbs and "Walmarts", the second was rolling countryside, and the last bit was the most difficult, on a narrow busy country road with no sidewalk.
Macbeth itself was fascinating. It is amazing how much effort goes into a Shakespeare production. But I was really tired and nodded off here and there. After the play I set off on the long walk back, then took the train back to London. By this time I was feeling a slight chill and went straight to bed without eating anything.
Friday 1 July was the day of the visit to the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel. I walked to school. The visit was enlightening. After the visit I followed the cabs back to school, then ate sushi from Tesco in the classroom. After that I went to the library to do the drafting exercise. I then walked back, took a short nap, then went out again for the Welsh National Opera at the Royal Opera House. The opera was a very new experience. I enjoyed it. I chatted with a lady from Grantham. I took the Tube back. For dinner I had something from Sainsbury's. I can't remember what.
I walked to class on Thursday 30 June. Class was by Xanthaki. After the break we had a lunchtime seminar by a drafter from Victoria. I had a burger at Bloomsbury market, then swam, then walked back for a nap. I went to the Imperial War Museum for the commemoration of the Battle of the Somme in the evening. Elephant and Castle is really rather different. The Museum visit was very educational. After that I crossed Westminster Bridge to get to Westminster Abbey, where I spent sometime at the vigil in commemoration of the soldiers lost at the Battle, and heard some of their testimonies. I left at midnight. Heading the wrong way at first instance, I ended up running down Birdcage Walk to Buckingham Palace and then taking a back path to Piccadilly Road, where I caught bus 19 back. It was a late night.
On Wednesday 29 June I walked to class after breakfast. Rachel overslept in the morning and missed breakfast. The morning course was by Pennisi. I swam during the break then had toast for lunch. The afternoon segment was the law and language seminar. It ends rather late. I had liver and bacon mash from Sainsburys for dinner.
